Milk-boiler.



J. SAJDA.

MILK BOILER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1915.

1,174,355. Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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MILK-BOILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.ftlatented Mar. a, 191

Application filed June 8, 1915; Serial No. 32,870, j

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUSTIN SAJDA, a citi-q zen of the United States,residing at Lans-.

ford, in the county of Carbon and State of 1 I come wasted during theoperation.

A further object of the device is to provide a cover for a milk boilerso arranged as to allow the air and gases found in the foam which isproduced during the boiling operation to pass off, thus reducing thefoaming of the fluid to a minimum and permitting the perfect boiling ofthe milk.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a milk boilercover having a means for reducing the degree 'of foaming of the milk andalso returning to the boiler any milk which may overflow the same.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views :-Figure 1 is a diametrical sectional view taken throughthe device, and, Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof partially intransverse section upon the line IIII of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the present device consists ofa cylindrical boiler 10 of substantially the usual form and adapted toreceive milk or other fluid which is to be boiled, the said boiler beingprovided with opposite handles 11. A lid 12 is removably seated upon thetop of the boiler having a depending overlying annular flange 13 while aplurality of perforations 14: are arranged through the said lid.Circular openings 15 are also provided through the lid 10, one of thesame being centrally positioned and the remainder being arranged in acircle therearound while each of the openings'has' an outwardlyprojecting tubular flange 16, the flanges of all of the said openingsbeing of the same diameterand length. An outlet tube 17 isconcentrically positioned within each of the opening flanges 16 beingsuspended by means of bracket arms 18 attached to the lower face of thelid 12 so as to extend into the boiler 10'when the lid is positionedthereupon and to extend slightly within the inner ends of the saidflanges 16 through the openings 15.

From this detailed description of the device, it will be seen that whenmilk or other fluid is placed in the boiler 10 and the lid 12 is mountedthereon as best illustrated in Fig. 1, the foam formed when the fluidboils surrounds the outlet tube 17, and the air and gases in the foamescape through the said tubes and through the flanges 16, whereby thefoaming is reduced. When the air bubbles in the foam rise and contactthe lower ends of the tubes 17, the bubbles are broken or destroyed, andthe air and gases therein;will pass upwardly through the tubes andaround the same to the member 16 to escape into the atmosphere. In theevent however, that the boiling is so great that the tubes 17 are unableto carry off the necessary amount of air and gases to reduce foaming,the fluid will overflow the flanges 16 and will fall upon the lid 12 andreturn to the boiler 10 through the lid perforav tions 14.

It will thus be seen that a boiler lid is provided which is cheap andeasy to manufacture, and which may be employed with different boilers.

While the form. of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that minor changes may be'made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

What I claim as new is A device of the class described, comprising afluid container, a, flanged lid including a flat wall removably mountedthereon and provided with a central opening and with a circular row ofsimilar openings'extending therethrough and being further provided witha plurality of intermediately arranged fluid inlet perforations,upstanding flanges of equal diameter and length mounted upon the saidlid surrounding the said openings therein, a gas outlet tube for each ofthe said flanges extending inwardly in the foam to break the bubbles andpermit of the container and projecting slightly the air and gases toescape therethrough.

Within the base portion of the said flanges In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature and arranged concentrically therewith, and in presence oftWo Witnesses. bracket arms carried by the lower face of JUSTIN SAJDA.the said lid and connected adjacent the in- Witnesses: ner ends of thesaid tubes, the said outlet JozEF'PAvLIK,

tubes adapted to be engaged by the bubbles v MATTHEW SKAPIK.

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